[quote author=benissimus link=board=3;threadid=353;start=0#2587 date=1059928196]<br />
1. The weary sailors were approaching a place dear to the goddess, Diana. <br /><br />
Nautae defessi loco caro Dianae deae adpropinquabant.<br /><br />Good, except use
appropinquabant. Prepositions as prefixes often assimilate the next letter to match <br />(ad->ap).<br /><br />
2. They were without food and wine. (not using sine)<br /><br />
(a?) Cibo vinoque egebant. (I knew not, whether "a" should be used) Literal/Figurative seperation?<br /><br />Perfect. Just remember with verbs of lacking, to not use a preposition.<br /><br />
3. Then Galba and seven other men are sent to the ancient island by Sextus.<br /><br />
Tum Galba et septem alii viri ad insulam antiquam ab Sexto mittuntur.<br /><br />Good.<br /><br />
4. Already they are not far away from the land, and they see armed men on a high place.<br /><br />
Iam a terra non absunt, et viri armati in alto loco vident.<br /><br />
Viri armati should be accusative
viros armatos.<br /><br />
(Any other ways in which to say "not far away"?)<br /><br />
Non procul perhaps? I'm not sure what vocabulary you have learned...<br /><br />
5. They are kept from the land by men with spears and arrows.<br /><br />
A viris pilis sagittisque ab insula prohibentur. <br /><br />Good except that you used
insula to mean "land." I think you meant to use
terra?<br /><br />
6. The men kept throwing their weapons from a high place with great eagerness. <br /><br />
Viri eorum tela de loco alto (cum) magno studio iaciebant.<br /><br />
Eorum should be
sua - I would hope that they are throwing their
own weapons!

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(I couldn't put "kept" in there...any suggestions to use continere with this sentence? Participles, infinitve usage haven't been studied yet!) <br /><br />The "kept" is implied by the imperfect tense. You will soon learn the difference in Latin between "did" and "kept doing."<br />[/quote]
flebile nescio quid queritur lyra, flebile lingua murmurat exanimis, respondent flebile ripae